This is an analysis of the poem The Trusty Lariat (Cowboy Fireman) that begins with:

Through the high Sierra Mountains
Came an S P passenger train...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb defe Xgeg bhih Xfjf Xjkj fdbX XfbX biXX fhkh ejhj ajXj cidiXbfaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 11111001 0101010 111101 001011010 11101001 01011101 1010101 10101011 111111 111110101 110101 1111010 111101 11010101 1110100 0111011 110001 01011101 110101 0101010 110101 1110100101 1110101 1101110 1111101 1101011 1111010 1101111 110101 1101011 110101 1111110 1010111 1101110 011011 11010101 010101 10011101 1010100 11010101 110101 11010100 010111 11011101 111101 111011001 0010101 1101010 110101 11010101 110111 1101110 1010111 11110100 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, her, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Trusty Lariat (Cowboy Fireman);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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